Première approche sur les sanctuaires laténiens et les pratiques cultuelles en territoire turon

International audience; Several Late Turon places of community worship have been located in recent years, three of which have been explored: Amboise, Panzoult andCiran (Indre-et-Loire). They have one pre-eminent trait in common, namely the presence of large quantities of coins, but they also present anumber of differences: their context, their topography, particular aspects of consumption, and specific ritual treatment of certain types of find(burnt pottery and animal bone assemblages or even mutilated coins).

Hillforts in France (22th c. BC-1st c. AD): a draft of current thinking

Amboise, réserve de la « Butte de César », campagne 2016 , Rapport final d’opération de fouille programmée

Ambacia, la gauloise : 100 objets racontent la ville antique d'Amboise

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Les établissements de hauteur défendus protohistoriques en France (XXIIe-Ier siècles av. J.-C.)

A review of current knowledge is proposed based on updated data for 1330 fortified sites on high ground. These, for the most part, have been explored on too limited an area to understand their precise nature and status. Generally, they are located on spurs and cover a very small area, particularly in the Southeast. Only a quarter of them exceed 7 ha. The size of the fortifications is also an essential criteria, but it was only possible to address it from one clue – the length: the range of disparities are very wide there also; but, we note that this length doubles on average at the end of the Iron Age. The materials of the ramparts reveal trends: earth dominates in the northwest half, stone…